HR: 1330h
AN: V22D-0619 [PDF]
TI: Stability relations of Ti-bearing assemblages in UHP marbles from the Kokchetav Massif
AU: * Kikuchi, M
EM: kikuchi@earth.edu.waseda.ac.jp
AF: Department of Earth Sciences, Waseda University, 1-6-1 Nishiwaseda, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, 169-8050
Japan
AU: Ogasawara, Y
EM: yoshi777@waseda.jp
AF: Department of Earth Sciences, Waseda University, 1-6-1 Nishiwaseda, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, 169-8050
Japan
AB:
Stability relations of Ti-bearing phases (rutile, titanite, Ti-clinohumite) in UHP marbles from the Kokchetav Massif,
northern Kazakhstan were well analyzed by the phase relations in the model system
CaO-MgO-SiO$_{2}$-TiO$_{2}$-CO$_{2}$-H$_{2}$O. Three types of UHP marbles have been described in the Kumdy-kol area:
diamond-bearing dolomite marble (type-A), diamond-free Ti-clinohumite-bearing dolomitic marble (type-B), and diamond-free
calcite marble (type-C) (Ogasawara et al., 2000; 2002), and they contain a distinct Ti-bearing phase, rutile, Ti-clinohumite,
and titanite, respectively.
The characteristics of these three marbles are as in the followings. Type-A: Dominant carbonate is dolomite. Abundant
microdiamonds are included in garnet and diopside. Diopside-dolomite tie-line was stable. Diopside contains K-bearing
silicate lamellar. The peak assemblage was dolomite + diopside + aragonite + garnet + rutile + diamond. Type-B: High
MgCO$_{3}$-calcite (originally aragonite + dolomite) is distinct. No diamond occurs. Diopside lacks lamellar texture. The
peak assemblage was aragonite + dolomite + garnet + Ti-clinohumite or forsterite. Type-C: Only carbonate phase is calcite
(originally aragonite). No diamond occurs. Titanite contains coesite exsolution lamellae and indicated supersilicic
compositions stable at UHP conditions (P $>$ 6GPa). Diopside contains phengite and K-feldspar lamellae. The peak assemblage
was aragonite + diopside + K-feldspar + garnet + titanite.
The solid-solid reaction, CaTiSiO$_{5}$ (titanite) + CaMg(CO$_{3}$)$_{2}$ (dolomite) = CaCO$_{3}$ (aragonite) +
CaMgSi$_{2}$O$_{6}$ (diopside) + TiO$_{2}$ (rutile), controlled the stability of Ti-bearing phases in calcite marble and
dolomite marble. At UHP conditions, aragonite + diopside + rutile assemblage is stable compared with titanite + dolomite, and
divides the compositional space into dolomite-free and dolomite-bearing tetrahedrons in the model system
CaO-MgO-SiO$_{2}$-TiO$_{2}$. The presence of titanite in calcite marble indicates that the P-T condition was located in the
right-hand side of the decarbonation reaction aragonite + rutile + coesite = titanite + CO$_{2}$. The lack of rutile in
calcite marble can be explained by low bulk TiO$_{2}$ contents of this marble. The mineral assemblages in dolomitic marble
require extremely low-X$_{ CO2}$ conditions compared with those in dolomite marble because the aragonite + Ti-clinohumite
tie-line was stable (Ogasawara et al., 2000). The continuous sample from the Kumdy-kol (sample no. Y665: dolomite marble and
dolomitic marble) suggests X$_{ CO2}$ heterogeneity in cm scale under UHP conditions. The stability of Ti-clinohumite was
controlled by the reaction: dolomite + diopside + TiO$_{2}$ + H$_{2}$O = Ti-clinohumite + aragonite + CO$_{2}$.
All these results related with Ti-bearing phases were consistent with the previous works on the Kokchetav UHP carbonates
(Ogasawara et al., 2000; 2002).
References:
Ogasawara, Ohta, Fukasawa, Katayama and Maruyama (2000) {\it The Island Arc}, {\bf 9}, 400-416.
Ogasawara, Fukasawa and Maruyama (2002): {\it Am. Mineral}. {\bf 87}, 454-461.
DE: 3660 Metamorphic petrology
SC: Volcanology, Geochemistry, Petrology [V]
MN: 2003 Fall Meeting